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David Jones has translated two important collections of short stories from the late thirteenth century that were assembled in the British Isles. The collections of narratives depict working daily life as well as offering a moral and theological insight into medieval life overall. -- .

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'David Jones, with an affordable, accessible, small volume, offers today’s audience a chance to read what their ancestors may have heard eight centuries ago...Finally, an up-to-date bibliography allows scholars to learn still more about the wide range of themes and applications employed by those who incorporated sermons and stories into their own efforts to save souls.'
New York Journal of Books

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Table of Contents

Series editor’s foreword
Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Medieval preaching and preaching aids
The Liber Exemplorum
The Cambridge Dominican Collection
Exempla: transmission and content
Translations
The Liber Exemplorum
Selected exempla from the Cambridge Dominican Collection
Select bibliography
Index

Friars Tales

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 3 January 2011
      ISBN-13 9780719084256
      978-0719084256
      ISBN-10 0719084253

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      David Jones has translated two important collections of short stories from the late thirteenth century that were assembled in the British Isles. The collections of narratives depict working daily life as well as offering a moral and theological insight into medieval life overall. -- .

      Trade Review

      'David Jones, with an affordable, accessible, small volume, offers today’s audience a chance to read what their ancestors may have heard eight centuries ago...Finally, an up-to-date bibliography allows scholars to learn still more about the wide range of themes and applications employed by those who incorporated sermons and stories into their own efforts to save souls.'
      New York Journal of Books

      -- .

      Table of Contents

      Series editor’s foreword
      Preface
      List of abbreviations
      Introduction
      Medieval preaching and preaching aids
      The Liber Exemplorum
      The Cambridge Dominican Collection
      Exempla: transmission and content
      Translations
      The Liber Exemplorum
      Selected exempla from the Cambridge Dominican Collection
      Select bibliography
      Index

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